The Shemwell Family

William Miller DyerAge: 83 years19011985

Name
William Miller Dyer
Given names
William Miller
Surname
Dyer
Birth August 8, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 16 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
MarriageElsie Venner BethelView this family
April 10, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Melvin Eugene John Dyer
December 3, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert Eugene Dyer
May 1, 1957 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a wifeElsie Venner Bethel
March 11, 1978 (Age 76 years)
Death June 13, 1985 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Loma Vista Memorial Park
Family with Elsie Venner Bethel - View this family
himself
William Miller Dyer
Birth: August 8, 1901Arkansas, United States
Death: June 13, 1985Orange, California, United States
wife
Marriage: April 10, 1922Orange, California, United States
8 months
son
Melvin Eugene John Dyer
Birth: December 3, 1922 21 21Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: January 10, 2005Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
Talmage Clarence “Buck” Flory + Elsie Venner Bethel - View this family
wife’s husband
Talmage Clarence “Buck” Flory
Birth: October 7, 1902Douglas, Kansas, United States
Death: September 27, 1981Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1929California, United States